Nesting box pads???

[Arielle]

I don't like the shavings and straw in the nesting boxes. Because the nmaterial always migrates into theegg collection bowl and if the straw gets wet, it stains the eggs.

I don't mind but I won't sell a blemished egg.

What is the pad I can lay in the nestbox that is easy to wash??

 

[SueBaby]

Maybe you want something more sophisticated, but we use my husband's old t-shirts.

 

[Arielle]

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Very interesting. Never thought of that. Do you roll them? Or lay them flat? I can think of a few turtlenecks that need a new job.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I use old towels. I just lay them in there.

 

[Arielle]

Kuntrygirl--thanks for another good idea.

 

[SueBaby]

We lay the shirts in there flat so that they cover the whole bottom of the nesting box. The girls do tend to move them around, but we just re-position them when needed. When bedding gets tracked in we just shake it out. It's been a few months and I am just now starting to think that they should be washed. We would have used towels, but didn't have any that were the right size. T-shirts were just the next available thing.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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You're welcome.

 

[Arielle]

I'm wondering what other material people use in the nesting boxes. Like felt pads, or synthetic grass mats; the kind of things get used because there is a need and its around for free.

 

[DangerChickenHouse]

Great thread! I never thought about old t-shirts!

 

[Arielle]

Idea--wrap t-shirt over a cardboard square to fit the bottom of the box.